Cloning in Minecraft is a new console command that is included in update 1.8 released on 2 September, 2014. The clone command (/clone) allows players to copy portions of land while in a world with cheats. This new feature is useful in expediting the design process of map making.

Steps

Method1

Learning Commands for Basic Cloning

1

Create a snapshot profile. To do this, open the Minecraft launcher, and select “New Profile” in the bottom-left corner to open the Profile Editor menu.

In the Profile Name box at the top, enter “snapshot,” and in the Version Selection section, check the first box labeled “Enable experimental development versions (‘snapshots’).”

In the Use Version drop-down menu, select “Snapshot 14w28b,” and then click “Save profile” in the bottom-right corner.

2

Launch Minecraft using the snapshot profile. Just left-click the drop-down menu in the bottom-left corner of the launcher, and select the snapshot.

3

Open a new or pre-existing creative world.

4

Press F3 to bring up an overlay of status information. This should include coordinates for your character's current location as well as coordinates for the block they are looking at.

5

Determine three sets of coordinates.

<x1> <y1> <z1> This is the starting block that you wish to clone.

<x2> <y2> <z2> This is the ending block in an area that you want to clone. The area connects the first coordinate and the second coordinate in a 3D block .

<x> <y> <z> This is the place where the cloned land will appear.

6

Open the chat box by pressing T. The chat box allows you to insert various console commands in addition to talking to other players.

7

Type in “/clone <x1> <y1> <z1> <x2> <y2> <z2> <x> <y> <z>” (without the quotation marks). Type it in to fill in each set of coordinates based on the ones you determined earlier.

Do not include the angle brackets in your command, and make sure that they are separated by a space.

8

Press Enter to clone the selected area. The area will then appear at the <x> <y> <z> coordinate.

Method2

Using Modes for Advanced Cloning

1

Create a snapshot profile. To do this, open the Minecraft launcher, and select “New Profile” in the bottom-left corner to open the Profile Editor menu.

In the Profile Name box at the top, enter “snapshot,” and in the Version Selection section, check the first box labeled “Enable experimental development versions (‘snapshots’).”

In the Use Version drop-down menu, select “Snapshot 14w28b,” and then click “Save profile” in the bottom-right corner.

2

Launch Minecraft using the snapshot profile. Just left-click the drop-down menu in the bottom-left corner of the launcher, and select the snapshot.

3

Open a new or pre-existing creative world.

4

Press F3 to bring up an overlay of status information. This should include coordinates for your character's current location as well as coordinates for the block they are looking at.

5

Determine three sets of coordinates.

<x1> <y1> <z1> This is the starting block that you wish to clone.

<x2> <y2> <z2> This is the ending block in an area that you want to clone. The area connects the first coordinate and the second coordinate in a 3D block .

<x> <y> <z> This is the place where the cloned land will appear.

6

Open the chat box by pressing T. The chat box allows you to insert various console commands in addition to talking to other players.

7

Type in “/clone <x1> <y1> <z1> <x2> <y2> <z2> <x> <y> <z>” (without the quotation marks). Type it in to fill in each set of coordinates based on the ones you determined earlier.

Do not include the angle brackets in your command, and make sure that they are separated by a space.

8

This command will take the block with the LOWEST coordinate numbers in the space defined from set 1 and 2 and shift it into the position specified by <x> <y> <z>.

The remaining blocks will fill in from that position filling the area specified.

The maximum number of blocks that can be copied is 32768, and it will return an error if you exceed it.

There is currently no ability to rotate a cloned segment; the orientation will remain the same.

9

Know what mode1 does. This specifies what blocks are cloned.

Replace. If you do not specify a mode1, this is the default. This mode copies every block in the selected area.